Food for Thought

November 19, 2014

Express Your Trust Intentions by Phil Runyon

Express Your Trust Intentions Thanksgiving, more than any other holiday, seems to bring us together not only for a gargantuan meal, but also for those awkward c...

October 16, 2014

Help Most Effectively by Phil Runyon

Help Most Effectively While we certainly have plenty of people who are hurting for the basic necessities of life and health in our country, the extent of povert...

Miscellany

September 5, 2014

A Difficult Conversation by Phil Runyon

A Difficult Conversation Before moving on to a new message here, let me pass on a comment I received from a reader about the article on joint tenancies. He ment...

Miscellany

August 12, 2014

Joint Tenancies Redux by Phil Runyon

Joint Tenancies Redux I've written already about the use of **joint tenancies** to help avoid probate. If one of the JTs dies, the other becomes the sole owner...

July 24, 2014

Ensuring a Future by Phil Runyon

Ensuring a Future One of the consequences of summer winding down is that schools and colleges will soon be cranking up again - and cranking out their tuition bi...

Estate Planning

July 24, 2014

More Trust News by Phil Runyon

More Trust News If you've been even an intermittent reader here, you know I've proclaimed the helpful uses of trusts on many occasions. Historically, the primar...

Estate Planning

June 30, 2014

Be Charitable But Be Careful by Phil Runyon

Be Charitable But Be Careful A couple of weeks ago I was visiting Mom. During our chats around the kitchen table, I couldn't help noticing how many calls she go...

June 30, 2014

Senior Services Suggestions by Phil Runyon

Senior Services Suggestions During a recent visit with Mom in my old hometown, we were faced with how to replace a caregiver who's been helping her out with the...

May 23, 2014

NH's Real Estate Tax Explainted by Phil Runyon

NH's Real Estate Tax Explained Like it or not, your town's real estate tax bills will be arriving soon. So, as you grit your teeth and start mumbling about why...

Tax Planning

May 19, 2014

Elder Law Priorities by Phil Runyon

Elder Law Priorities Elder law is the fastest growing practice area for many lawyers, because people now entering their Medicare years are the fastest growing d...

April 1, 2014

Correcting Some Misconceptions by Phil Runyon

Correcting Some Misconceptions There are many misconceptions about the law that often seem to overwhelm the truth, so let's try to dispel a few of them. Many pe...

March 19, 2014

Thinking About a Vacation? by Phil Runyon

Thinking About a Vacation Believe it or not, even you folks lucky enough to get away for vacations have legal issues to consider! Let's say, for example, that y...

Miscellany